Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm after devastating Puerto Rico, where most people remained without electricity or running water and rescuers used heavy equipment to lift survivors to safety.
National Guards stand to direct traffic as resident Luis Noguera helps clear the road affected by Hurricane Fiona in Cayey, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Fiona triggered a blackout when it hit Puerto Ricos southwest corner on Sunday. –
Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 115 mph and was moving north-northwest at 9 mph , according to the Hurricane Center, which said the storm was likely to strengthen into a Category 4 hurricane as it approaches Bermuda on Friday. She and her husband were stuck in line waiting for the National Guard to clear a landslide in their hilly neighborhood.Other drivers asked the National Guard if they could swing by their homes to help cut trees or clear clumps of mud and debris.
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi requested a major disaster declaration on Tuesday and said it would be at least a week before authorities have an estimate of the damage that Fiona caused. “There were communities that flooded in the storm that didn’t flood under Maria,” he said, referring to the 2017 hurricane that caused nearly 3,000 deaths. “I’ve never seen anything like this.”
“We need to make sure this time, Puerto Rico has absolutely everything it needs, as soon as possible, for as long as they need it,” he said.across the island.
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